A 55-year-old man of Katete district in Eastern Province has been murdered by an alleged mentally ill man.
The deceased was murdered in his house at Chasauka Village in Mbangombe Chiefdom in Katete, in the early hours of today, February 9, 2026, at around 02:00hours.
This has been confirmed to the media by Eastern Province Police Commanding Officer Robertson Mweemba.
Information surrounding the matter is that today, at around 02:00 hours, the young brother to the deceased heard some noise outside his house prompting him to go out to check.
” After lighting a torch, Mulongoti Banda, 53, saw a man who seemed to be mentally disturbed wearing a short and without shoes, saying audible things. The said man was heading in another direction,” he said.
Banda then went to wake up his young brother, and the two started looking for the same person.
“He was spotted about 10 meters away from their elder brother who was lying lifeless.The two brothers saw their brother in a pool of blood as the unidentified man was sitted about 10 meters away, with stones around him, threatening to kill anyone who would approach him,” he noted.
Mr Mweemba said villagers were alerted, and a crowd started forming.
” The accused decided to run away. The villagers gave a chase but efforts to catch with him were futile,” he indicated.
The matter was then reported to Katete Police Station which led to the police officers visiting the scene.
The police found the deceased with a deep cut on the back of his head and the body was immediately picked and deposited into the mortuary at St Francis Hospital.
A docket of the case was been opened, while a manhunt has been launched to bring to book the culprit.
